Weather Records on 27 January 1971

947 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 1971. Highest significance: Biggenden Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 27 January 1971

On 27 January 1971, 947 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
530 were record highs and 111 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 928 daily.
Biggenden Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 131.1 mm (5.2 in) on 27 January 1971.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

947 stations

947 station records on 27 January 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Biggenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Carrarang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wyloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Woodleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dargo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dungowan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kooline	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boylston	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dixville Notch	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Doongul State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mooloolah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hamelin Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lowmead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lucan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Joliette	Canada	Record daily snowfall	32.8 cm (12.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Batlow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Argalong (the Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bokfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arrojado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pioche	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dixville Notch	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bella Bella	Canada	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Avon	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Joliette	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Koegasbrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rockley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Canberra Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Currais Novos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

947 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 289, Lowest daily maximum 91, Highest daily minimum 241, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 251, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 27 January 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	289
Lowest daily maximum	91
Highest daily minimum	241
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	251
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 27 January 1971 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 928.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

807 broken records

Margins by which the 807 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 1971

Top 20 records on 27 January 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 1971	Biggenden Post Office, AU	daily rain	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	87.7 mm (3.5 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1971	Carrarang, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1971	Wyloo, AU	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	53 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1971	Woodleigh, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1971	Dargo, AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1971	Rosedale Post Office, AU	daily rain	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1971	Dungowan Station, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	7 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1971	Kooline, AU	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1971	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1971	Franklin, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	73 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1971	Waterloo, AU	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1971	Bar Harbor 3 NW, US	daily snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1971	Boylston, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1971	Dixville Notch, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	7 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1971	Lihue 1020, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1971	Peterborough, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1971	Doongul State Forest, AU	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1971	Mooloolah Post Office, AU	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1971	Bella Coola, CA	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1971	Hamelin Pool, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1796 to 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1971. 1971 had 947 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-27 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1804	1
1830	2
1834	2
1840	1
1841	1
1843	1
1844	1
1846	2
1848	2
1850	1
1855	1
1858	2
1862	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	1
1883	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	4
1891	1
1892	4
1894	9
1895	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	3
1901	16
1902	9
1903	10
1904	23
1905	9
1906	6
1907	29
1908	34
1909	4
1910	25
1911	52
1912	28
1913	19
1914	52
1915	35
1916	125
1917	40
1918	87
1919	26
1920	55
1921	21
1922	38
1923	138
1924	273
1925	117
1926	55
1927	191
1928	200
1929	166
1930	148
1931	328
1932	202
1933	302
1934	765
1935	270
1936	826
1937	243
1938	305
1939	312
1940	896
1941	405
1942	579
1943	355
1944	1,751
1945	242
1946	165
1947	532
1948	809
1949	1,245
1950	915
1951	355
1952	689
1953	376
1954	804
1955	397
1956	653
1957	948
1958	336
1959	466
1960	214
1961	899
1962	754
1963	1,226
1964	144
1965	317
1966	605
1967	811
1968	785
1969	985
1970	776
1971	947
1972	955
1973	702
1974	1,261
1975	547
1976	1,090
1977	592
1978	783
1979	1,652
1980	532
1981	776
1982	939
1983	1,849
1984	753
1985	839
1986	1,052
1987	1,214
1988	799
1989	971
1990	625
1991	696
1992	1,054
1993	1,197
1994	2,051
1995	1,017
1996	1,395
1997	867
1998	697
1999	1,123
2000	1,354
2001	937
2002	1,710
2003	1,593
2004	827
2005	1,018
2006	1,018
2007	846
2008	734
2009	965
2010	905
2011	719
2012	658
2013	907
2014	434
2015	1,155
2016	1,008
2017	576
2018	546
2019	679
2020	465
2021	786
2022	420
2023	425
2024	1,082
2025	619
2026	1,139

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Data for records on 1971-01-27: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	772
50 to 100	24
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1